South Dakota's three National Weather Service forecast offices are short of staff, sending up fewer weather balloons ...

Tornado warnings were also issued during the storm system. St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer reports at least four storm-related fatalities in St. Louis. It remains unclear whether those deaths are ...

Emily DeCock/South Dakota News Watch South Dakota’s three National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices are short of staff ...

(CNN) — A violent, tornado-spawning storm system tore across ... that’s really grieving,” the city’s new mayor, Cara Spencer, told reporters Saturday. About 5,000 buildings have been ...

On Sunday, city inspectors were going through damaged areas to condemn unsafe structures, Spencer said. She asked for people not to sightsee in damaged areas. A tornado that started in the St ...

IMPROVE SAFETY. SPENCER COUNTY IS CONVERTING ALL NINE OF ITS TORNADO SIRENS TO ELECTRIC POWER. PREVIOUSLY, THE SIRENS WERE BATTERY POWERED, LIMITING THE TIME THEY COULD BE ON, ADDIE MEINERS EXPLAINS.

ST. LOUIS – Mayor Cara Spencer held a press conference Monday in the aftermath of last week’s tornado that killed over five individuals, as well as injured many. In the aftermath of the storm ...

Victoria Cooper, 36, hugs a volunteer near her wrecked car on Natural Bridge Avenue on Saturday in St. Louis. She and her 15-year-old son Pa'den McCulley were in the car when the storm hit.

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer fought to maintain her composure while discussing the devastation she’s witnessed while touring the areas hardest hit by the May 16 tornado.

LOUIS — Countless residents weren't warned before a historic tornado claimed the lives of ... press conference on Monday evening. Mayor Cara Spencer blamed the lack of sirens on "human failure ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Buildings damaged by the Friday, May 16, 2025, tornado are seen near a storm warning siren in the Penrose neighborhood of St ...